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...During the oral argument for the case, Sotomayor was an active questioner, but the decision eventually released by her three-judge panel was a brief, unsigned order. With little explanation, it affirmed the lower-court decision dismissing the firefighters' claim that the city discriminated against the white firefighters by throwing out the test. In a subsequent opinion, one of Sotomayor's colleagues and longtime mentors, Judge José Cabranes, criticized the panel for disposing in such a cursory way issues that were "indisputably complex and far from well-settled." Ricci and the others appealed the panel's ruling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Sonia Sotomayor Really Stands on Race | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

President Barack Obama's pledge to shutter the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, moved a step forward on June 9, when the first detainee to face trial in a U.S. civilian court arrived in New York. Wearing blue prison garb, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani made a brief appearance in a crowded Manhattan courtroom, pleading not guilty to hundreds of charges related to the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa and his alleged al-Qaeda ties. Ghailani, a Tanzanian believed to be 35 years old, is accused of scouting the American embassy in Dar es Salaam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani: The Gitmo Test Case | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

...Some observers say Ghailani may have been selected to face trial first because the charges against him predate the Sept. 11 attacks and the government's case appears relatively strong. (Read a brief history of military commissions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani: The Gitmo Test Case | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

...fiasco in New Jersey in February steered buyers to a secondary market the company owns where tickets were being hawked at up to five times face value. The Boss was so ticked off, he went on to cast his vote against the merger, fearing a music monopoly. (Read a brief history of Ticketmaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ticketmaster, Live Nation: Obama's Antitrust Test | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

...Obama Administration, in its brief in the case last month, said a lower court acted properly in upholding the gay ban. "Applying the strong deference traditionally afforded to the Legislative and Executive Branches in the area of military affairs, the court of appeals properly upheld the statute," argued Elena Kagan, who as Solicitor General represents the Administration before the Supreme Court. The bar on gays serving openly is "rationally related to the government's legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion," her 12-page filing added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dismay Over Obama's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Turnabout | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

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